A grinning portrait of Old Man Winter seen a couple of weeks ago at Black Dirt Farm in Stannard is a reminder, if one is needed, that Vermont seasons pay no attention to the calendar. Another March snowstorm drove the point home. Photo by Joseph Gresser More »
Kingdom Blades forward Gabi Young, an eighth-grader from the Riverside School in Lyndonville, slips a shot under the stick of a Woodstock Wasp defender Thursday. Young’s goal, scored in the second period, was the only one scored by the blended team in the D... More »
by Matthew Wilson NEWPORT — The North Country Union High School Falcons and Mount St. Joseph Green Wave faced off on the basketball court Friday night, a match that saw the teams go toe to toe up until the last quarter. Each battled hard to earn a trip to the... More »
by Trisha Ingalls At Monday night’s annual meeting of the Lake Region Union Elementary-Middle School District voters brought two new faces to the school boards and a better-than-requested capital budget. The meeting, moderated by Kristin Atwood with Shelia M... More »
A long row of tank cars sitting on a siding just outside of Orleans has generated a lot of interest, especially after the rail disaster in East Palestine, Ohio. Peter Young, general counsel for Vermont Rail, said Monday that there is no cause for alarm. Whil... More »
The Falcons celebrate a perfect season and a Division 2 championship Saturday afternoon. The women of North Country Union High School capped a run of 23 straight victories with a 47-42 win over the Spaulding High School Crimson Tide, the team they lost to in ... More »
Maya Auger lofts one of her long bombs during the North Country Union High School’s semi-final win over the Harwood Union High School Highlanders. Auger was the second highest scorer for the Falcons with a total of 17 points, 15 of them on three-point shots. ... More »
by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT—Randall Swartz appeared in Orleans County Superior Court on February 21 and pled guilty to second-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife, Thea Swartz. He also admitted two charges violating conditions placed on him by con... More »
by Trisha Ingalls ALBANY – Something is going right at Albany Community School. Recently it received a letter of congratulations from Secretary of Education Dan French on its “impressive efforts… to support students and families by maintaining [its] Positive... More »
ORLEANS — Around 6:30 p.m. Friday evening, residents of Willoughby Street saw the Vermont State Police Tactical Services Unit pull up to a house. With it were troopers from other parts of the Criminal Division and Orleans County Sheriff’s Deputies. State Poli... More »
by Trisha Ingalls The budgets were passed and a controversial discussion remained civil at the Lake Region Union High School District Annual Meeting on February 15. Roughly 60 voters turned out to warm up their democratic muscles in advance of Town Meeting D... More »
by Joseph Gresser GREENSBORO — Boats that make a wake high enough for surfers to ride are making waves in communities based around Vermont’s lakes. The boats are a recent arrival in Vermont’s waters and are, as yet unregulated. The Department of Environment... More »
